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-2-#1726, June 25, 3 p.m. from Moscow.
scale war with west. Kremlin's Korean adventure thus offers
us opportunity to show that we mean what we say by talking
of firmness, and at same time, to unmask present important
Soviet weaknesses before eyes world and particularly Asia
where popular concepts Soviet power grossly exaggerated
as result recent Soviet political and propaganda successes
that area.
View urgenay situation foregoing transmitted without benefit
views of Ambassador who returns Moscow early June 26.
Ambassador will no doubt wish cable his comments as soon
as possible after his arrival.
Service Attaches concur in foregoing.
KIRK
CSB:CMM
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (*)
F.R.1950 LOC. wit
OSD letter, April 12, 1974
Bx
NLT- HC NARS Date 9-16-77
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